Wensleydale Creamery

Wensleydale Creamery is a cheese manufacturer based in the town of Hawes in North Yorkshire, England.

In 1897 Edward Chapman established a commercial creamery in Hawes using traditional techniques and milk bought from local farms.

[1] In May 1992, Dairy Crest, a subsidiary of the Milk Marketing Board, closed the Hawes creamery with the loss of 59 jobs.

Dairy Crest transferred production of Wensleydale cheese to Yorkshire's traditional rival, Lancashire.

In January 2018, the company appointed David Salkeld as its new chairman, replacing Matthew Gribbin who was with the Creamery for ten years.